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W. P. STOETZEL.

EAVES TROUGH HANGER. No. 263,619. Patented Aug. 29, 1882.

WITNESSES: W IILZENTOR:

. V BY & ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. STOETZEL, ()F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,619, dated August29, 1882.

Application filed May 13, 1882. (No model.)

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. S'roETzEL,

' of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Eaves Trough Hangers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a hanger of peculiar form, adapted for a roofofany pitch, and shaped to prevent sagging of the trough, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, which is a perspectiveView of my improved hanger as connected to a trough, A is the hangersupporting the trough B. The hanger A is a strip of metal, having itsupper end bent at an angle to suit the pitch of the roof to which it isto be attached, and split at its lower end to form the two tongues aa,which are bent in opposite directions for taking upon the cross-bar bof the trough, to which bar the tongues a are riveted. The split end ofthe hanger, provided with the tongues, bent as dethe trough, so that itis retained in shape and prevented from sagging to'either side in caseice or dirt accumulates upon the trough.

This hanger is most durable and convenient for use, as well asinexpensive.

Having thus described. my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t- The combination, with the plate 1;, arrangedtransversely across and secured to the eavestrough, of the hanger A,with its split or divided end provided with tongues a, extended inopposite directions and resting upon and seshown and described.

WILLIAM F. STOETZEL.

Witnesses:

E. M. STENBERG, O. B. N ELSON- scribed, gives a wide bearing and supportfor cured to the plate or bridge b, substantially as

